I answer the phone
Sweetly
Conjuring interest in an unknown caller
I may know this soul,
or it may be a stranger.
Today I am a receptionist.
May I help you?
With whom would you like to speak?
One moment please.
Certainly.
Fascinated for the second of connection.
Lingering is not accomplishing.
Friendly, only brief.
I am not permitted tbe time to
ask about the wife
who has cancer,
or the child's graduation.
That would gum up the whole process
now wouldn't it?
Love must be given in a snapshot.
No feature length films today.
Every Letter Has a Story Behind It
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Each letter of the English alphabet has an origin story, and each one could
fill a book. We don't have time for that, so linguist Olly Richards gives
u...
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